A Youth's History of the Rebellion ...: From the battle of Murfreesboro' to the massacre at Fort PillowWalker, Wise,, 1866 |
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Page 120 - It is the duty of every Government to give protection to its citizens, of whatever class, color, or condition, and especially to those who are duly organized as soldiers in the public service. The law of nations, and the usages and customs of war, as carried on by civilized powers, permit no distinction as to color in the treatment of prisoners of war as public enemies.
Page 120 - It is therefore ordered, that for every soldier of the United States killed in violation of the laws of war a rebel soldier shall be executed ; and for every one enslaved by the enemy, or sold into slavery, a rebel soldier shall be placed at hard labor on the public works and continued at such labor until the other shall be released and receive the treatment due to a prisoner of war.
Page 105 - I knew that you could endure hunger and thirst and all the hardships of war — I knew that you loved the land of your nativity, and that, like ourselves, you had to defend all that is most dear to man — but you surpass my hopes. I have found in you, united to those qualities, that noble enthusiasm which impels to great deeds.
Page 249 - ... if through the madness of Northern Abolitionists that dire calamity must come, the, fighting will not be along Mason and Dixon's line merely. IT WILL BE WITHIN OUR OWN BORDERS, IN OUR OWN STREETS, BETWEEN THE TWO CLASSES OF CITIZENS TO WHOM I HAVE REFERRED. Those who defy law and scout constitutional obligations, will, if we ever reach the, arbitrament of arms, FIND OCCUPATION ENOUGH AT HOME.
Page 103 - Nor should history forget to record that, as in the army at Cambridge, so also in this gallant band, the free negroes of the colony had their representatives. For the right of free negroes to bear arms in the public defence was, at that day, as little disputed in New England as their other rights. They took their place not in a separate corps, but in the ranks with the white man, and their names may be read on the pension rolls of the country, side by side with those of other soldiers of the revolution.
Page 161 - These troops moved forward, drove the enemy from the rifle-pits at the base of the ridge like bees from a hive — stopped but a moment until the whole were in line — and commenced the ascent of the mountain from right to left almost simultaneously, folio-wing closely the retreating enemy, without further orders.
Page 249 - Seymour arrived here this morning, and expressed his views in this relation in almost the identical language used by Mr. Shepley. It is true that in the present state of things at Washington and throughout the country, no man can predict what changes two or three months may bring forth. Let me suggest that in the...
Page 165 - I must do justice to the men of my command for the patience, cheerfulness, and courage which officers and men have displayed throughout, in battle, on the march, and in camp. For long periods, without regular rations or supplies of any kind, they have marched through mud and over rocks, sometimes barefooted, without a murmur. Without a moment's rest after a march of over four...
Page 249 - He says he would rather fight the battle with you as the standard bearer in 1860 than under the auspices of any other leader. The feeling and judgment of Mr. S. in this relation is, I am confident, rapidly gaining ground in New England. Our people are looking for the
Page 304 - Next to my husband's cold remains, the dearest object left to me in the world is this flag — the flag that waved in proud defiance over the works of Fort Pillow ! Soldiers ! this flag I give to you, knowing that you will ever remember the last words of my noble husband, 'Never surrender* the flag to traitors' " Colonel Jackson then received from her hand — on behalf of his command — the blood stained flag.